Jonathan Pryde - Empress of the Pagodas

Here’s 16-year-old Jonathan Pryde, who was in town with his family for the Parkening Young Guitarists Competition, playing Maurice Ravel’s ‘Empress of the Pagodas’ on a new 2015 Tobias Berg with a spruce top and African rosewood back and sides.

Jonathan started playing just three years ago when he attended his first Parkening Competition and decided he wanted to compete next time around. Since then he’s been studying with Jonathan Roth. He has also been touring and recording with his family’s band, The Reconciliation Band, since 2010.